England say goodbye to easy Test Matches and Hello South Africa

Well apart from the weathers interference the test match series went exactly as most people thought that it would with a comfortable win for England and a few good performances from West Indian players that were good but on their own were never likely to challenge this England side.

Steven Finn and Graeme Onions were added to the test match players in the final match of the series and it seemed as if everyone was either for it or against it. I personally was very much for it but not for the reason of resting the other two players but so that if the worst was to happen and James Anderson or Stuart Broad were injured then the player coming in would have recent test match experience.

We now have the One day series and not a lot has changed apart from Kevin Pietersen’s retirement from the shorter forms of the game and Ian Bell being recalled to the team. I think again that we will win all the games that are played as I can only see us being stopped if Chris Gayle (recently returned from the IPL) bats most of his sides 50 overs to get them a big score.

The biggest test is when South Africa arrives here on our shores later this summer. They are the number 2 in the world at test match cricket (behind us) and they will want to make a big statement. They have a fantastic batting line up including Graeme Smith, AB De Villiers and Jacques Kallis and a bowling attack which includes Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel which is definitely not something to be taken lightly.

That series should provide some of the best test match play since the ashes series of 2005 and hopefully we will finally get some good summertime weather and we can play all the sessions of all the test matches and finally find out for real just who is the best test match team in the world South Africa or England.